MINING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12570, 3 August 1901, Page 2

MINING.

WEST COAST BOTES. [FBOM r Ouß CoURESrOXDEXT.] ,r v GREYMOUTH, August 1. Trafficking in dredging scrip As at a com* pic 1c standstill, and I do not anticipate any activity till tho calls made have been recovered. ' '' ' A East laoiitli’s .yield of gold from fifteen dredges, working -an aggregate, time of forty* seven weeks, was 9120 z, or l9Joz per weeK per dredge. The- Nelson Creek dredge did not work during the month, which reduced ths return considerably, while the three Green--stone dredges were much hampered. Tha current monith should see a' marked improvement. The Grey River dredge has been idle for the past two days, .blit will fitart again. , to-day. ■■All attempts to bottom, by, means of rods have failed, - and the contractor had tq give it up. Another party is now-trying. •' The Nelson 'Creek dredge will only have * moderate return bn Saturday. The return from tha Paotolus dredge is es* pecied to be better ... The Kew River ' dredge is now trying ta get . further up stream, where a gobd lead ill supposed to exist. , ' , • The machinery of the North Beach dredgfl is working well. The dredge will start pet* manentiy on Won-day. ,Tho tables of tho Leviathan dredge are no| looking very Well. ' ' . ..: The wash which the Maori Queen is treating is improving. - ; . The Erickson’s Reward dredge is: not getting through much material, hut the yield should be better than the-last. - The Ah a lira River dredge is - shifting to thg opposite- side of the river. The Orwell Creek Company’s dredge is ex* pectcd to be at work in four weeks, and ffi® Wareatea dredge in. six weeks. - - • Large -quantities of machinery continue .to arrive for ■ the ’ Koh-i-noor, Trinca of Walea and other dredging companies, A boiler for tho Koh-i-noor Gold Dredging Company •■«!* rived .at Boss on Saturday. '. [Per Press Association*.] ‘ WELLINGTON,: August «. , •During last month, 31,8650 z of gold/.yAlueql al £117,083, were exported frOm Blew. Zealand, as -against 39,6780 z, of the value'of iir , July of ‘jast year. Last niont-h’s -Teturni was made up as follows: —Auckland, 16,2G80z, £36,721'; Dunedin, '71310Z, £28,481; Gfeymouth, €2040 z, £21,788; Westport; 11250 z, £4500; Nelson, 6480 z, £2592. The export of silver last month was 49,0000 z, of the vaiue of : £5698, u against 36,4770 z, valued at £4235, in July oj last year. , ' / - • DUNEDIN, August 2. _ ■Dredging Returns—Junction nJec-wio 351-oij 7dwt, Cromwell lOSoz, Hartley and Riley TSaz, Alpine' 11. 520 z 4dwt, I2gr, Alpine- Console) 450 z sdwt 6gr, Waimumu Extended 87oz Sdwtj Waimumu 290 z 16dwt, Enterprise I. . -ISog 9dwt, Central -Mataura lloz 4dwt l2gr, Yin)* cent Extended 9oz 6dwt, Kelly and Casey 6osj sdwt, Central Electric Boz Bdwt Sgr, Dun-back Soz I6dwt. DUNEDIN STOCK. EXCHANGES, DUNEDIN, August % Dunedin Exchange Salee—Alpine '.11..; 44Sy 43s and 42s 9d, Cairn muir 31s 6d, 225, 21® 6d ■and 21b 9d, Fourteen-mile 'Beach 30s, 30s' 3dl and 30s, Gibbs’ Beach 7s, Golden Bed 17s, Gbldeii River Is 9d, 4s 7Jd and 4s 9d, Halfway •House 20s 6d, Junction 'Electric 31s- 6d, Kelly, and Casey 17s 6d, Nelson Creek 53s and 63a 6d, New Alexandra 4s 9d, Upper Magnetic 3% 2s 6d, 3s, 3s 6d, 3s 9d, 4s and 3a 6d. Otago Exchange—Second Magnetic 20s 6dty Vincent Ex-lende'di 19s 9d. CANTERBURY STOCK EXCHANGE. The following are yesterday's quotation® of the Stock Exchange of Canterbury:—Al* sellers 20s pd; Bald Hill Flat, sellers 8s pdj Duller Junction, sellers 4s 6d p; Electric* sellers 50s pd; Golden Beach, sellcrA2ls pd; Golden.‘Gravel, sellers !9s> pd; Qreenstona Creek, sellers 18sqpd; Hartley .and Riley, sellers £5 7-s 6d; Hokitika River, sellers X9s Cc| pd; Kelson Creek," sellers £6s 6d pd; PactoluS| sellers 26s p; Sailor’s Bend, -sellers '43s pd} Three-mile Greenstone, sellers 19s, 6d pdj ; Welcome, sellers 20s pd. ’